#Historian

Dr. Maurie McInnis

SBUPrez

As an art historian whose scholarship focuses on race, power and the American South, I'd like to honor Black History Month by highlighting African American artists and their art. One

Charles C. Mann

CharlesCMann

There’s a small academic argument about whether Robt. Malthus’s dire predictions were defeated by science and technology. True, S&T greatly lifted farm productivity, but that’s not the fundamental flaw in

Ultracrepidarian

unwitod

This ridiculously misleading. The source for this is text from the National Portrait Gallery (see link), and is being used by shon to imply that Mary Wollstencroft accepted Chevalier d’Éon

adri || @ac_zine

adriennczene

Since there's discourse about females viking warriors ever since the AC Valhalla announcement, here are some facts from your friendly local historian. While I haven't studied this exact topic extensively,

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

PeterHotez

1/5: I’ve severely criticized Dr Atlas since his appointment, but make no mistake he was only one of several mouthpieces for a far reaching and deliberate antiscience disinformation initiative led

Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ

bdaiwi_historia

Ibn Taymiyyah (1263-1328) is without a doubt a dynamic intellectual figure that left an indelible mark on the Muslim intellectual world. But was his influence in medieval times exaggerated? A

Matt Carr

MattCarr55

Just to be clear, the BBC demeans itself with the ridiculous suggestion that the National Trust has gone ‘woke’ (please stop normalising this meaningless rightwing jargon!!)and it also trivialises an

Yusuf A Ahmad Ansari یوسف انصاری

yusufpore

In this thread I respond to a thread questioning the authenticity of Emperor #Aurangzeb’s (RA) farman relating to Benaras that I tweeted about earlier.I also seek to explain how pamphleteers

Justin Pyke

CBI_PTO_History

The 79th anniversary of Japan's opening offensives began on Dec 7. Instead of focusing on the well-known events featuring the western Allies, I wanted to focus on Japan's first defeat

The Consultant

Gazelem1827

The Power of The Word. The Book of Mormon says that the power of the word of God has more impact than "anything else". One example of this is Corianton.

Kam @ Getting things done 💀

spacejam_kam

Facebook memories reminding me of when I was gushing about this statue of David by Donatello (1430-1440) There’s a lot of good LGBTQ+ history with this sculpture and the artist.

Robert Fruchtman

_fruchtose

I'm listening to the Telegraph Hill Dwellers ask the California State Historical Resources Commission to landmark an old sausage factory.https://socketsite.com/archives/2018/11/plans-to-save-the-facade-of-iconic-north-beach-sausage-fact

Dr Hannah J Elizabeth

sexhistorian

It's #WorldAIDSDay, & I am first & foremost, an AIDS historian. Mainly I work on the history of activism & education. So that means writing about how @BrookCharity told heterosexual

Ned Pyle

NerdPyle

In 1942, the US Army formed the 761st Tank Battalion, made up mostly of Black soldiers. It would become one of the most effective & decorated units of the war.

Kimmy The Pooh

kimmythepooh

There is a history of tensions between the Asian American and Black communities. Former officer Tou Thao's involvement in the death of George Floyd is what many activists describe as

Jenna Weiner

jennaweiner6

Thread. One thing that always bothers me is when people talk about why @theAUDL (and others) happened before women's leagues and say it's because "it's a business," and that men's

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